Dr. Clifford Manlove, associate professor of English, will be hosting a reggae music party on Tuesday September 2 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. on the Buck Green between the Student Community Center (SCC) and Main Building. Be sure to sample the Caribbean food available in Cafe Metro in the SCC while enjoying the music. This event, along with a Haitian art exhibit, opens this year's focus on Latin America and the Caribbean.
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The Orientation Leader Film Team has created a video welcome to new students that can be viewed here (requires QuickTime).
Team members Caroline Burke (education, '11), Rob Greene (engineering, '11), Ashley Haggerty (psychology, '10), Dawn Loy (education, '11), and Timothy Robinson (physics, '11) designed, filmed, and edited the production. They were assisted in editing by Evan Bradley (liberal arts, '11).
After months of creating a new five-year strategic plan (pdf), the vision and mission statements have been revised.
Watch Chancellor Porter and students recite the new vision statement.
Penn State Greater Allegheny kicks off its Teaching International Film Series on Tuesday, September 2. Films for the series were chosen by Dr. Clifford Manlove, Associate Professor of English, who teaches classes on film.
The first film, The Harder They Come, is a 1973 Jamaican classic, one of the most beloved and longest-running of all international cult favorites. The film expresses the live-wire Jamaican spirit--an impoverished Africa tuned to American radio.
The campus is currently displaying 32 works of art on loan from the Friends of HAS (Hôpital Albert Schweitzer), Haiti. The Friends of HAS, Haiti, is a Pittsburgh-based organization that supports the operation of the rural Haitian hospital through the sale of Haitian artwork. The organization's goals, along with its support of the hospital, are to educate the public about Haiti, the genius of its creativity, and the medical needs of its people.
Penn State Greater Allegheny hosted an Academic Convocation on Friday, August 22 at the Wunderely Gymnasium. Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter, Ph.D. served as master of ceremonies along with Kurt Torell, Ph.D., director of academic affairs and associate professor of philosophy, who organized a pinning ceremony for the incoming class. Keynote speaker was retired USAF Colonel and NASA Astronaut, Guion S. Bluford, the first African American in space (as mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger).
The campus community is looking forward to our new students arriving on campus and the beginning of the Fall 2008 semester.
Orientation 2008 will consist of a full week of fun activities and informative workshops.
Dr. Kurt Torell joined the administrative staff of Penn State Greater Allegheny as its Chief Academic Officer, effective July 1. Dr. Torell came to Greater Allegheny from his position as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Marywood University in Scranton, PA.
Dr. Torell earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Duquesne University. He also holds two M.A. degrees in Philosophy, one from Duquesne and the other from the University of Pittsburgh. His undergraduate work was completed at Boston University.
Dr. James Stewart and his wife, Dr. Caryl Sheffield, have recently donated a framed limited edition print to the Penn State Greater Allegheny campus.
"The Americans," by Dane Tilghman, emphasizes the collective attachment to core American values held by most African Americans and shows two individuals that Tilghman met. One man proudly displayed an American flag outside his home as a testimonial to the sacrifices he made for his country, and the second figure was a spectator Tilghman saw at a July 4th parade.
A grant submitted by Penn State Greater Allegheny to increase Intercultural and International Competencies for the 2008-09 academic year was funded for $20,000 by the Equal Opportunity Planning Committee (EOPC). Authored by Dr. James Jaap, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, with Dr. Margaret Signorella, Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies, the grant will promote the campus's efforts to foster diversity and integrate issues of intercultural and international competencies into the curriculum.